PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
French: guava; Hausa: Goyba. Wolof: Goyap; GOUN: Kinkoun
The guava tree is a shrub 3 to 4m high, with a rounded bole, with an open crown. The bark is smooth, greyish, scaly, flaking off in fine irregular scales, gray to brown, with a pinkish slice. The twigs are pubescent, ribbed with 4 narrow membranous wings. The leaves are opposite, sometimes sessile, pubescent above, more or less glaucous below, oval or oblong, with a rounded or wedge-shaped top, with a rounded base. The 4 mm long petiole is canaliculate above. The veins are pinnate, with 10-18 pairs of secondary veins protruding below and depressed above, more or less parallel connecting. The flower is a pedicel 2.5 cm in diameter, with a calyx of 4 to 5 lobes, with a white corolla. It has 4 to 5 petals, with numerous white-yellow stamens. The globular or pear-shaped fruit, smooth or rough, fleshy, yellowish when ripe, bears the scar of the dry calyx at the top and closes numerous small hard seeds that are fairly flattened.
Flowering takes place at the start of the rainy season.
It is a species that is planted on all types of soil, in areas where the rainfall is less than 1000 mm / year, prefers humid places, and is also planted near lowlands.
It is native to Brazil and is widespread from Senegal to Cameroon.
Medicinal Uses: The roots, leaves, and fruits (green) are astringent. The roots are also used to treat diarrhea and colic. The combination of roots and leaves are used as bactericides and antiseptics. They are also used to treat dysentery, gastritis, dyspepsia, and hemorrhoids. The leaves + the Buds are used for sore throats, tonsillitis, leucorrhea, rheumatism, and asthenia. the fruit is rich in vitamin C, and is a good laxative, for scurvy, and constipation.
It is a tree that is planted for its fruit and for its shade. Can be reproduced by semi, grafting, cuttings, and macottage for the selected varieties. It provides a fine gain, pinkish hardwood which is used in turnings, carvings, and as firewood. PSIDIUM GUAJAVA
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